Entertainment:
Vanessa Morgan is an actress known for the TV shows “Riverdale” and “The Latest Buzz”.
Victoria Pedretti is an actress known for the TV shows “You” and “The Haunting of Hill House”.
Keri Russell is an actress known for the TV shows “The Americans” and “Felicity”.
Randall Park is an actor known for the TV shows “Fresh off the Boat” and “Young Rock”.
Russell Howard is an actor known for his shows the “Russell Howard’s Good News” and “The Russell Howard Hour”.
Damon Albarn is a singer-songwriter-musician who is the front man and main lyricist of the rock band Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz. He has received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
Chaka Kahn is a singer known as the “Queen of Funk” as her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. She became the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with her 1984 cover of Prince’s “I Feel for You” and has won ten Grammy Awards.
Sports:
Football:
Maurice Jones Drew is a former running back who made three Pro-Bowls and made two First-Team All-Pros.
Basketball:
Kyrie Irving is an eight time All-Star guard for the Dallas Mavericks who won Rookie of the Year and won one NBA Championship in 2016 with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Jason Kidd is a ten time All-Star Hall of Fame point guard who won Rookie of the Year and won one NBA Championship in 2011 with the Dallas Mavericks.
Gail Goodrich is a five time All-Star Hall of Fame guard who made one All-NBA First Team and won one NBA Championship in 1972 with the Los Angeles.
Geno Auriemma is a Hall of Fame head coach at the University of Connecticut Huskies women’s basketball team that led them to 17 undefeated conference seasons (including eight consecutive), of which six were undefeated overall seasons. He won 11 NCAA Division I national championships, the most in women’s college basketball history, and has won eight national Naismith College Coach of the Year awards. He also was the head coach of the United States women’s national basketball team from 2009 through 2016, during which time his teams won the 2010 and 2014 World Championships, and gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, going undefeated in all four tournaments.
Baseball:
Mark Buehrle is a former five time All-Star starting pitcher who won four Gold Glove Awards and won one World Series Championship in 2005 with the Chicago White Sox. He also pitched both a perfect game and a no-hitter.
Dellin Betances is a former reliever who made four All-Star teams.
Mike Remlinger is a former reliever who made one All-Star team.
Isaiah Kiner-Falefa is an infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays who has won one Gold Glove Award.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Danny Coombs, Bruce Howard, Pat Bourque, Jim Geddes, Jerry Brooks, Chris Turner, Joel Peralta, Anderson Garcia, Tony Pena, Jon Link & Art Warren!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Joan Crawford was an actress known for the movies “Mildred Pierce” and “Torch Song”.
Sports:
Track & Field:
Roger Bannister was a neurologist-middle distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile and set a British record in the 1500 meters plus finished in fourth place.
Basketball:
Moses Malone was a Hall of Fame thirteen time All-Star center who won three MVPs and one NBA Championship in 1983 with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Baseball:
Johnny Logan was a shortstop who made four All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 1957 with the Milwaukee Braves.
Lee May was a three time All-Star first basemen who led the league in RBIs once and won one World Series Championship in 1985 with the Kansas City Royals.
George Scott was a three time All-Star first basemen who won eight Gold Glove Awards and led the league in homeruns/RBIs once.
Bo Diaz was a catcher who made two All-Star teams and is in the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame.
Jim Lemon was an outfielder who made two All Star teams.